Surprisingly and unknowing to many genuine children of God in Christ in this World, God had designed this World in such a way that each human being will experience both days of PROSPERITY (times of pleasant situations) and ADVERSITY (times of unpleasant situations) in his or her lifetime, so that no one will seek anything or anybody other than Him alone.
This why the rich and the mighty who can get anything by money and connections also privately or publicly cry as the poor and weak do in this World.
Wise King Solomon king once discovered and said:
I returned and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happens to them all.
For man also knows not his time. As the fishes that are taken in an evil net and as the birds that are caught in the snare. So are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them. (Ecclesiastes 9:11,12).
It is well!
Therefore, the Bible counsels us thus:
In the day of PROSPERITY be joyful, but in the day of ADVERSITY consider. God also has set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after Him. (Ecclesiastes 7:14).
Is it not true that by the challenges we all face in one form or the other, we seek divine (supernatural) intervention in our lives. We remember God. So interesting! God will always be wiser and smarter than men. (1 Corinthians 1:22-31; 1 Corinthians 3:18-20).
As a result of God designing after the fall of man that the inhabitants of the World experience times of PROSPERITY and ADVERSITY, the Bible reveals thus:
To every thing there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to break down and a time to build up;
A time to weep and a time to laugh. A time to mourn and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together. A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get and a time to lose. A time to keep and a time to cast away;
A time to rend and a time to sew. A time to keep silence and a time to speak;
A time to love and a time to hate. A time of war and a time of peace.
What profit has he that works in that wherein he labours?
I have seen the travail, which God has given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
He had made every thing beautiful in His time. Also He has set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God made from the beginning to the end. (Ecclesiastes 3:1-11).
Suffering (adversity) before glorying (prosperity) in Christ in this World is an unavoidable routine or route you and I must take from Earth to Heaven in Christ in this World. True!
The Bible reveals thus:
For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear. But you have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.
And if children, then heirs. Heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ. If so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified together. (Romans 8:15-18; 1 Peter 5:6-10).
Understanding that God has designed the World in such a way that you both experience times and seasons of PROSPERITY (times of pleasant situations) and ADVERSITY (times of unpleasant situations) in Christ in this World, then it is wise and smart for you to:
1. Give THANKS to God as an act of gratitude for your pleasant situation. When you genuinely do so, it shows you still RESPECT Him.
2. Give THANKS to God as an act of gratitude for your pleasant situation. When you genuinely do so, it shows you still HONOUR Him.
3. Give THANKS to God as an act of gratitude for your pleasant situation. When you genuinely do so, it shows you still REVERENCE Him.
4. Give THANKS to God as an act of gratitude for your pleasant situation. When you genuinely do so, it shows you still RECOGNISE Him.
5. Give THANKS to God as an act of gratitude for your pleasant situation. When you genuinely do so, it shows you ACKNOWLEDGE Him. (Proverbs 3:5-7).
The only leper that came back to give God THANKS for what Jesus have done for him and nine others was made whole by Him (Jesus). (Luke 17:12-19).
Giving THANKS to God as an act of gratitude of what He has done for you makes you whole or perfect your situation the more. True!
There was a man who did not give God His due THANKS in his pleasant situation, Jesus Christ said thus:
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, the ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.
And he thought within himself, saying, what shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
And he said, this will I do. I will pull down my barns and build greater and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
And I will say to my soul, soul, you have much goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.
But God said unto him, you fool, this night your soul shall be required of you. Then whose shall those things be, which thou has provided? (Luke 12:16-20).
It is foolishness not to give God his due THANKS in your times of PROSPERITY. It is and disadvantageous to you as well.
Again, it is wise and smart for you to:
1. Give PRAISES to God as an act of faith in your unpleasant situation. When you sincerely do so, it shows you still LOVE Him.
2. Give PRAISES to God as an act of faith in your unpleasant situation. When you sincerely do so, it shows you still TRUST Him.
3. Give PRAISES to God as an act of faith in your unpleasant situation. When you sincerely do so, it shows you still BELIEVE Him.
4. Give PRAISES to God as an act of faith in your unpleasant situation. When you sincerely do so, it shows you are still FOCUS on Him.
5. Give PRAISES to God as an act of faith in your unpleasant situation. When you sincerely do so, it shows you still KNOW Him. (Daniel 11:32).
It is an act of persuasive FAITH to give God PRAISES in your time of unpleasant situation. If you do, God will be moved to work miracles, signs and wonders for you. This has been proven true from Bible days till date. Halleluyah!
The Bible reveals about our father of Faith, Abraham, thus:
(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickens the dead and calls those things which be not as though they were.
Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb.
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was STRONG in faith, GIVING glory to God.
And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him.
But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead.
Who was delivered for our offences and was raised again for our justification. (Romans 4:17-25; Philippians 4:6,7; Psalm 67).
Giving sincere PRAISES to God in your times of ADVERSITY reveals your faith in Him and because faith moves God, He will move to turn your unpleasant situations into pleasant ones like He did for Abraham. Halleluyah!
Now, in your unpleasant time, the time the Bible calls, time of provocation, hardened not your heart towards God. Rather be receptive and responsive unto Him and it shall be well with you in due season, which He has graciously ordained for you. True! (Hebrews 8).
This because being ungrateful in your pleasant situations to God will only shorten your days of PROSPERITY. Likewise, being doubtful to God in your unpleasant situation will only prolong your stay in your days of ADVERSITY and keep the door and window of God shut against you until you respond to Him appropriately. True! (James 1:6-8).
Think about it!
God bless you.
MODIBO GODWILL
Divine Destiny Messenger,
Author & Speaker
@ The Purpose-Costal Movement (TEPUM)
www.amazon.com/author/modibogodwill
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